"Midnight at the Oasis" by "That Dog" rocks!!

YouTube - That Dog - Midnight At The Oasis (Maria Muldaur cover)

Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard's "Hallelujah" is stunning- here is an old master, Johhny Cash,owning a new song. Hurt.

YouTube - Johnny Cash Hurt

this guy was memorable:

YouTube - kurt nilsen beautiful day

Good stuff, though the Soft Cell version was also a cover.

Tom Waits song made popular by Rod Stewart, but much better by

Everything but the Girl.

YouTube - Downtown Train (Acoustic) Everything But The Girl

Another cover that completely reinterprets the original Tears for Fears song:

YouTube - Gary Jules - Mad World (Official Music Video)

Video by Michel Gondry

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Is there any cover that has eclipsed the original more than this one?

I think not!

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Won't Back Down - Johnny Cash


YouTube - I won't back down - Johnny Cash (lyrics)

One of my all-time covers. Blows the original out of the water, IMO:

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I'm on a rediscovering Led Zep kick right now and as far as covers that take the original to a completely different place, these make me smile. I think Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie and Robert Johnson would smile too.

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Two more of Joe Cocker redoing Randy Newmans songs

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Randy Newman and JJ Cale have lot's of great covered songs between them

Hardflex - have to disagree about Cocker's cover of Leave Your Hat On. Newman's is so much edgier- Cocker's version is just too 'nice'.

Gotta disagree with you on this one.... Cowboy Junkies did it justice, in fact it's one of my favorites in their repetoire.

Now THESE guys....

Watch THE fan going wild at the beginning.

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YouTube - Ray Charles - Live Paris -1968 -Yesterday

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The Showdown covering Wayward Son

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foxpaws, we'll agree to disagree. Cockers Version I think has a feel to it that's great fun and infectious. It brightens my mood every time I hear it.

To each his own.